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...But although you can no longer buy a baby lion, niche gifts can still be found — such as the bejewelled shoes so valuable they had a live Egyptian cobra as a guard....
...At Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire, England, the 17th-century Riding House is every bit as architecturally accomplished as the neo-medieval castle....
...“Because it’s been on the programme it means nearly everyone looks at it,” says Rupert Fawcett, the head of the Italian department at Knight Frank, which is marketing the castle....
...Mr Hill at Wagamama does not fret much about a potential double-dip recession and indeed, the chain maintained healthy trading through the slowdown without much aid from discounts and promotions....
...Though I always liked the idea of living in a place full of honeycombed underground holes, I didn’t set foot inside Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, the cave-based pub below the castle where today’s walk starts...
...plus the book I am meant to be reading at the time but my head is so busy I find it hard to concentrate. How do you like to get there? I fly so much for work that I enjoy a road trip in England....
...On Tuesday I gave a talk at one of the Oldie magazine’s monthly literary lunches at Simpson’s-in-The-Strand....
...The youngest, Rose, has a dramatic last-minute solution....
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